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Flyer for Bootle Gaumont for the film ‘The Day of the Triffids’

admin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:21:39 +0000

Flyers would sometimes be handed out to cinema goers to promote new films being shown at the cinema. Very few original flyers from old local picture houses have survived, and as with other cinema memorabilia much has been discared over the years. The Going to the Pictures project has asked people to unearth surviving pieces of cinema memorabilia and has been fortunate enough to be able to scan and display some original pieces through this website.

A flyer handed to cinemagoers at the Bootle Gaumont for the forthcoming 1962 films
‘The Day of the Triffids’ and ‘Legions Last Patrol’

The film ‘ Day of the Triffids’ was based on a famous John Wyndham sci-fi novel of the same name.

Interestingly the main theme to the supporting film ‘The Legions Last Patrol’ was released as a single in the UK and got to number 4 in the charts in 1963.

The film had an ‘X’ certificate on release and is regularly shown on television, however on the film’s DVD release it was given a 15 certificate.

Flyer for the film ‘Cape Fear,’ Bootle Gaumont

admin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:01:07 +0000

As well as advertising in local newspapers and cinema programmes flyers or leaflets were also sometimes produced and handed out to cinema goers to advertise current and pre- release films. Many of these have been lost and thrown away over the years.

Below is a scanned copy of a flyer handed out to cinemagoers advertising films from March 1961. The films showing in the cinema at that time were ’Cape Fear,’ the main attraction and also ‘Danger by my Side’. This flyer was distributed at the Bootle Gaumont Cinema and has been stored for over 50 years.

The film ‘Cape Fear’ starred Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, and was subsequently remade in 1991, starring Robert DeNiro and Nick Nolte.

The original film received an ‘X’certificate on release but it is regularly shown on television, however on the film’s DVD release it was given a 15 certificate.

Flyer for ‘The Inspector,’ 1962

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:19:07 +0000

The above flyer was distributed to filmgoers to advertise a forthcoming feature at the Gaumont Bootle. The film released in 1962 starred Stephen Boyd, Donald Pleasance, Dolores Hart. Stephen Boyd is probably best known for his role as Messala in ‘Ben Hur,’ 1959.

Flyer for ‘Nine Hours to Rama,’ 1962

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:42:49 +0000

This is a scanned copy of a flyer that was handed out in cinemas to advertise forthcoming films. This flyer is promoting the film ‘ Nine Hours to Rama’ directed Mark Robson, telling the story of the events leading up to the assassination of Mohatma Gandhi. The film was shown at Bootle Gaumont in 1962.